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Thank You, Starfish

As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Fellowship:Downtown, I want to extend a special “thank you” to Starfish Orphan Ministry. Since the launch of our first satellite campus at 1000 Broadway, Starfish Orphan Ministry has graciously opened their building

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Honor Where Honor Is Due

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give

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For What It’s Worth: My Pastoral Perspective

As last week drew to a close, several of you kindly suggested that I show an excellent video from Franklin Graham in our morning service yesterday, and others asked me to publish a voter’s guide from an outside organization. I

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Of Rabbits and Lions

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” First Peter 2:9. Wow!

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The Travelling Grave

Since Lifeway has just pulled from its shelves the books of Jen Hatmaker, I feel compelled to speak. Jen Hatmaker is a New York Times bestselling author from Austin, Texas. She’s a bright, dynamic, 42-year-old pastor’s wife and a compelling

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Together We Pray

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty

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After These Things

Every other Wednesday morning I head out to The Lakes of Paducah and share a Bible study with some of the residents there. It’s a great group of people who seem eager each week to open their Bibles and their

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A Land of Promise

Inspired it seems by none other than Aristotle, Rachel Melikian wrote in her Op-Ed in the L.A. Times last year: “The Armenian sparrow sings songs of our tales to the world. Our stories had gone with our martyrs, but we

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Merci

It’s Ararat Conference Day 3. Good morning! Thanks for all your prayers, and for blessing people here through your generous giving. In our hermeneutics course, we’ve moved from observation to interpretation to application. We’re emphasizing the importance of sticking with

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Der Vog-hornia

Warning to Parents: Some contents are PG-13. I thought you might enjoy some more pics from Armenia. Armenia formally became a Christian nation in 301 A.D., and the uniqueness of the Armenian language (with its 38 letters and sounds, some

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